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11.
BCC Regular Meeting
 
Meeting Date:
08/08/2013
Issue:
5:33 p.m. Public Hearing - Ordinance Repealing Designation of Sheriff as Chief Correctional Officer
From:
Kristin Hual
Department:
County Attorney's Office
CAO Approval:
RECOMMENDATION:
5:33 p.m. Public Hearing for consideration of adopting an Ordinance repealing Volume 1, Article I, Chapter 62, Section 62-1, of the Escambia County Code of Ordinances, designating the Sheriff as Chief Correctional Officer.
Recommendation
: That the Board take the following action concerning the Escambia County Correctional System:
A. Adopt an Ordinance repealing Volume 1, Article I, Chapter 62, Section 62-1, of the Escambia County Code of Ordinances, designating the Sheriff as Chief Correctional Officer; providing for inclusion in the Code; providing for an effective date; and
B. Authorize termination of the Memorandum of Understanding between Escambia County Board of County Commissioners and Sheriff of Escambia County transferring responsibility for the Escambia County Correctional System, to include the Escambia County Jail and Jail Annex, from the County to the Sheriff, effective 12:01 a.m., on October 1, 2013.
BACKGROUND:
Effective October 1, 2013, the County shall assume responsibility for the operation of the Escambia County Correctional System, to include the Escambia County Jail and Jail Annex. The County Attorney's Office is requesting that the Board consider repealing Volume 1, Article I, Chapter 62, Section 62-1 of the Escambia County Code of Ordinances, which designates the Sheriff as the Chief Correctional Officer.
Upon repeal, the corresponding Memorandum of Understanding transferring responsbility for the Escambia County Correctional System, to include the Escambia County Jail and Jail Annex from the County to the Sheriff, shall be effectively terminated.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
N/A
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:
The proposed Ordinance was prepared by Assistant County Attorney, Kristin D. Hual, and was advertised in the Saturday Edition of the Pensacola News Journal on July 27, 2013.
PERSONNEL:
N/A
POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:
N/A
IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:
A copy of the Ordinance will be filed with the Department of State.
Attachments
Ordinance
1994 MOU
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